The accident happened around 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, in the southbound lanes of I-35, just south of Rush City.

Chisago County Commissioner Lora Walker at the 2014 county fair parade.

The state patrol says 47-year-old Lora Walker was driving a Chevy Equinox the wrong way in the southbound lanes of the interstate when her vehicle crashed head on with a Ford Fusion, which caught fire. The driver of the other vehicle was killed.

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Walker is a Chisago County Commissioner, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. She was in critical condition at Regions Hospital as of Tuesday afternoon.